[NA-Discuss] Fwd: "Domain Protection Racket" Promotion onNetwork Solutions Home Page

[Richard Tindal]

Actually,  the word 'coffee' is trademarked in a variety of places.   In the US, for example,  there are thousands of federal trademarks that contain the word 'coffee', and several that solely consist of the term 'coffee'.

I understand the problem Garth is trying to solve,  a problem that focuses mainly on famous trademarks.     I'm not trying to detract from a solution to that problem --  just pointing out that
making rules for trademarks (especially when dealing with automated systems) is a very difficult thing as almost every word we use is trademarked somewhere.

Richard



On Sep 1, 2011, at 9:33 AM, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight wrote:

> 
> On 1 Sep 2011, at 17:19, Garth Bruen at Knujon.com wrote:
> 
>> "Coffee" is not a trademark
> 
> I never said it was. The term "apple" is also a trademark, while still being a fruit .. 
> 
> If you actually look at what is and isn't registered as a trademark you'll find that a very large number of words are
> 
> My own first name is a registered trademark (though not to me)
> 
> Lots of words that people use in common day parlance are protected or were at some point (for examples see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks )
> 
> In any case, the point I was trying to make is that your example brought back trademark related results, as you had entered a particular term.
> 
> You could have entered any other term and you would have got back results that were related to your chosen input
> 
> So unless you are suggesting that registrars are telling people to search for trademarks then I honestly don't see what you talking about.
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Michele
> 
> Mr Michele Neylon
> Blacknight Solutions ♞
> Hosting & Colocation, Brand Protection
> ICANN Accredited Registrar
> http://www.blacknight.com/
> http://blog.blacknight.com/
> http://blacknight.biz
> http://mneylon.tel
> Intl. +353 (0) 59  9183072
> US: 213-233-1612 
> UK: 0844 484 9361
> Locall: 1850 929 929
> Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090
> Facebook: http://fb.me/blacknight
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/mneylon
> -------------------------------
> Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty
> Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland  Company No.: 370845
> 
> 
> ------
> NA-Discuss mailing list
> NA-Discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss
> 
> Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org
> ------